Castle in the Desert (1942)

02/02/1942 (US) CrimeMysteryThriller 1h 2m
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Overview

Charlie Chan, with son Jimmy on a week's pass from the Army, takes up a request for help at a castle-home, miles from anywhere in the American desert south-west and inhabited by an eccentric, reclusive historian and his wife, a descendant of Lucrezia Borgia. Once there, he finds the request's legitimacy denied by all who are present, but still necessary as one houseguest has already been murdered, the other guests are at each other's throat, and the Borgia-related chatelain is suspected...

  1. Earl Derr Biggers

    Characters

  2. Harry Lachman

    Director

  3. John Francis Larkin

    Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

  1. Sidney Toler

    Sidney Toler

    Charlie Chan

  2. Victor Sen Yung

    Victor Sen Yung

    Jimmy Chan

  3. Lenita Lane

    Lenita Lane

    Lucy Borgia Manderley

  4. Douglass Dumbrille

    Douglass Dumbrille

    Paul Manderley

  5. Steven Geray

    Steven Geray

    Dr. Retling

  6. Edmund MacDonald

    Edmund MacDonald

    Walter Hartford

  7. Arleen Whelan

    Arleen Whelan

    Brenda Hartford

  8. Ethel Griffies

    Ethel Griffies

    Mme. Saturnia, aka Lizzie

  9. Henry Daniell

    Henry Daniell

    Watson King

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Castle in the Desert
Castle in the Desert

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Original Language English

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